Silver 1/ 70th The Price Of Gold – Silver Eagles Sales Jump

Silver just 1/70th the price of gold

Silver at $17.50 per ounce set to rise “faster than gold”

Silver Eagles (1 oz) buying jumps to 715,000 this week

“Supply may drop following mine closures” – Standard Chartered

Industrial demand “will remain strong” – CPM Group

Silver is substantially undervalued versus gold

Gold silver ratio to fall back below 30

Silver looks set to outperform gold again in the coming months due to falling mine supply and continuing robust global demand.

Source: Bloomberg

Silver at just $17.50 per ounce remains about 1/ 70th of the price of gold at $1,230/oz today. This gold silver ratio of 70.3 continues to drive silver ‘stackers,’ value investors and those seeking a better return than gold to accumulate silver at what are seen at these still relatively cheap levels.

This is seen in continuing robust demand for the very popular silver bullion coin this week. The U.S. Mint sold 715,000 of Silver Eagles ( 1 oz) this week, to bring the year to date sales totals for 2017 to a robust – 7,557,500 Silver Eagle coins.

US Mint Bullion Coin Sales (Number of coins) Monday Sales Last Week Feb Sales Mar Sales 2017 Sales Silver Eagles
(1 oz) 715,000 220,000 1,215,000 1,215,000 7,557,500 Gold Eagles
(1 oz) 4,000 2,500 21,000 10,000 117,500 Gold Buffalos
(1 oz) 1,500 2,500 15,000 4,500 51,500

Source: GoldCore via Coin News

We have seen very robust demand for silver again this year, especially from clients in the UK and Ireland buying silver bullion coins (now VAT free) such as Silver Eagles. We are seeing even greater demand for Silver Maples and Silver Philharmonics.

The increasingly favorable supply and demand fundamentals of the silver market were reported on by Bloomberg in an article entitled ‘Silver Seen Climbing Faster Than Gold as Yellen Wakens Bulls’.